Awards and recognition Parikh has been awarded the Gaurav Puraskar for the year 1997-98 by the Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Academy. He has also been awarded the National Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi for Instrumental music (sitar) for the year 2003. He was given India's third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, in 2018. Industrialist Parikh has handled the pursuits of business and music simultaneously. Parikh's business is a logistics provider in 51 Indian cities. Its latest joint venture with Deutsche Post and DHL as DHL Lemuir Logistics Pvt. Ltd. He is chairman of an Indian transportation organization and director of a travel and tourism company, and his family owned group owns a company for printing accessories. References Further reading The Autobiography of Arvind Parikh: The Raga of My Life. 1927 births Living people Hindustani instrumentalists Indian male classical musicians Sitar players Etawah gharana Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Indian musicologists Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship